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tapering point

noun as in acumination

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The perfection of the pencil depends upon this equality; the tapering point being produced simply by the attenuation of the tips.

The lines of the towers rise uncrossed by horizontal bar from ground to tapering point.

He gets a fine cotton fabric woven into the shape of a cylinder, with a tapering point.

The tree is felled and then hollowed to its full length, the ends being shaped to a tapering point.

Acuminate, Pointed, or Taper-pointed, when the summit is more or less prolonged into a narrowed or tapering point; as in Fig. 133.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tapering point, such as: acicula, apex, mucro, mucronation, sharp point, and spike.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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